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From: Olaf van der Spek <olaf@xwis.net>
To: xfs@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: fsync, rename, O_ATOMIC/O_PONIES
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:39:37 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F50BF89.7020909@xwis.net> (raw)

Hi XFS devs,

I'm a bit late to the party, but I'd like to respond to some comments at 
http://lwn.net/Articles/476263/#Comments
http://lwn.net/Articles/484709/

 > Could any of the fsync advocates post real code that does the atomic 
variant of open, write, close?

 > Hint: it's not possible without tons of regressions.

 > Linux devs should really provide a proper solution (like O_ATOMIC) 
instead of blaming app devs for not doing the impossible.

I'd like to ask:
- Is there a tool to log all unsafe operations?
- What is the *right* way to update a file?

I've asked the last question multiple times, but nobody has been able to 
give me a proper answer.

Greetings,

Olaf

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             reply	other threads:[~2012-03-02 12:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-02 12:39 Olaf van der Spek [this message]
2012-03-02 13:12 ` fsync, rename, O_ATOMIC/O_PONIES Christoph Hellwig
2012-03-04 17:14   ` Olaf van der Spek
2012-03-05  1:02     ` Dave Chinner
2012-03-05 15:44       ` Olaf van der Spek
2012-03-05 23:17         ` Dave Chinner

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